Peter Dawkins

July 9, 2007 - 11:23am

Early polls always have Lautenberg in trouble

U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg has never amassed huge approval numbers in public opinion polls, but he’s never lost an election either.

As he approached his first re-election campaign, Lautenberg was at a 36%-21% approval rating in a February 1988 Eagleton Institute poll; voters said they would re-elect Lautenberg over a Republican by a 37%-24% margin.  In that race, Lautenberg defeated retired Army General Peter Dawkins by a 54%-46% margin.


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